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Pope Leo’s newspaper publishes article claiming ‘there is no devil,’ original sin in Book of GenesisL'Osservatore Romano published an article by theologian Marinella Perroni claiming Genesis contains no devil and no original sin, arguing that tradition exegesis ‘is reduced to sex.’A new essay in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano examining the Book of Genesis argues that the narrative does not deal primarily with the devil and original sin, in contrast with the traditional interpretation.On July 4, L’Osservatore Romano – the official newspaper of the Holy See – published an article by Italian theologian Marinella Perroni, according to whom in the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — ''One arrest, no conviction,'' Senator Bob Packwood said today, summing up his brush with the law in the early morning. His crime: absence from a quorum call. His punishment: being dragged onto the floor of the Senate by police officers to be recorded as present. While he did not enter a charge of police brutality, a recent bone injury on Senator Packwood's ring finger was aggravated in the encounter.

Did anyone catch Imus in the Morning this Rosh Hashannah morning? One of his regulars said, "What's with you stupid bastards? Don't you know that New Years is two and a half months away?"I am so fed up with the double-standard about "hate speech" in this country. And, of course, Imus was bashing Bennett just the other day.Imus didn't call observant Jews "stupid bastards" himself, of course. He has people to say these kinds of things for him. For some reason, this means that the likes of John McCain can go on his show and yuk it up with the...